Socialism is not chosen

Ships that pass in the night and speak each other in passing;
Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The ideology of collectivism relies on the presupposition that we are similar in fundamental ways and that we have common interests. But in many cases our interests are opposed. Certainly in the case of property rights, resource allocation.

Groups require that they are bound together in some way so as to demand their shared commonality, we have no such ties. So collectivism is irrational as there is no group such as this to speak of; a swarm is not a group.

We are not a group.